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Pike O’Stickle and the axe factory. In the foreground a pile of stones which look suspiciously like the remains of an ancient cairn, but could in fact hail from any period.
The bizarre landscape just beneath Pike O’Stickle is made up of a series of small morainic hillocks.
One of the two outlying stones at Cheetham Close, lies predictably fallen among the tall grass.
Charters Moss – an ancient bronze age settlement now home to a modern plantation and ‘White Van Man’.
The view from the edge of the field looks across Morecambe bay – it is possible to discern the rough location of The Druid’s Circle of Ulverston. The Three Brothers are in the woodland to the left of Leighton Hall.
There are five stones of this size (roughly 6 1/2 foot tall) in the field surrounding the ‘cairn’ in a roughly semicircular arrangement.
Holy pointed out this particular feature – is it a puppy or a serpent’s head?
Signs of fire lighting – the stone on the right side of the chamber is cracked and very brittle, presumably from campers lighting fires against it. Scorch marks can be seen in the shot, and are more pronounced within the chamber.
Maen-y-Bardd is just visible in the distance, above the capstone.
Barrows seen from the ridgeway near the Seorfon Barrows and The Sanctuary – Silbury’s top is in the centre peering above Waden Hill.
The decorated slab on display in Bristol museum and art gallery, complete with red paint. Faint traces of a seventh foot have been spared the paint for conservation reasons!
Whilst showing a friend around a few sites on Rombald’s Moor we came across this interesting stone, which I haven’t noticed before. So far I haven’t been able to find out anything about it.
The clouds in the distance are over the South Pennines and the Peak District.
Broken stumps of the stone circle can just be discerned among the tall grass and snow.
My own interpretive map showing Winter Hill and Rivington Pike as a focal point for this sacred landscape. Each site has a clear view of Winter Hill which dominates the landscape for miles around.
Monuments with a focus on this great hill include Cheetham Close, Round Loaf, Pikestones, White Brow, Sugarloaf Hill, Barrow Bridge and Standing Stones Hill.
The ruined cairn near the summit of Winter Hill looking over to Round Loaf (roughly in the center of the shot) and Pikestones (left of shot).
